ACM Free Open Access Publishing

OVERVIEW

EIFL has negotiated a free read & publish agreement for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) open access journals and conference proceedings (via the ACM Open Program) for authors from eligible EIFL countries. This means that corresponding authors from these countries will not have to pay any Article Processing Charges (APCs) when they publish a research article in open access in one of approximately 71 ACM journals published annually and in ACM conference proceedings volumes.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The agreement is valid for ACM’s fully open access journal titles and conference proceedings (via the ACM Open Program).
Below are the agreed terms:

• No Article Processing Charges fees for corresponding authors from: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Corresponding authors from Eligible Countries will be automatically recognized when submitting their article to an ACM journal or conference proceeding and will be offered the applicable APC waiver.

When the corresponding author goes through the Rights process, they must select their Country. If their country is included in the EIFL agreement, the ACM Rights system will automatically recognize them as eligible authors.

HOW CAN I FIND JOURNALS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFER?

You can view the title list here. This title list will be updated twice a year, no later than 31 July and 31 January each year. The current list is for 2026.

HOW CAN I FIND Conference Proceedings THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFER?

If you attend an ACM conference and submit your paper to the conference proceeding, you can publish in open access without an APC.

You can view the list of ACM conferences here. Conference proceedings published after each conference.

SUBJECT COVERAGE

Computing, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Database Systems, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Networks, Information Systems, Internet, Mobile and Multimedia Technologies.

WHERE ELSE CAN I PUBLISH IN OPEN ACCESS?

Click on your country below to get the list of all the journals that EIFL has negotiated open access publishing terms for. You can browse the list by subject, impact factor, and publisher.

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, China, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

FURTHER INFORMATION

Contact us if you have questions Licensing Programme Manager Britt-Marie Wideberg: britt-marie.wideberg@eifl.net